Hey Groovy Friend! 

It’s Ananda Leeke here. I’ve got a question for you.

When’s the last time you slowed down and connected with your breath and body? 

If you don’t remember, that’s okay. If you feel like you don’t have any time to slow down, that’s okay too. 

Before you read any further, take 10 seconds to breathe deeply one time. Inhale through your nose. Exhale through your mouth. 

Congratulations! You just invested in your wellness journey by slowing down. When you slow down, you are giving yourself permission to go from a state of overwhelm to a state of being open to your thoughts, feelings, and needs. 

Being open to your thoughts, feelings, and needs allows you to connect with your nurturing self, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH DEATH, LOSS, AND GRIEF.

Your nuturing self is that part of you who is willing to take SMALL steps towards loving and caring for your spirit, heart, mind, and body, and life in uplifting ways. 

Guess what?

• You deserve to be nurtured.

• Nurturing begins with small and simple steps. 

• Nurturing is another word for self-care which is your birthright. 

• Self-Nurturing is your birthright that begins with the breath. The breath is free and available every minute of every day.

PAUSE right here and take a deep breath. 

Now that you have had 10 seconds of nurturing, take another deep breath and place your hand on your heart. As you exhale, notice how your heart feels. Your heart holds your TRUTH. The TRUTH about what’s happening inside of you and what you need to nurture yourself, especially when you face death, loss, and grief. 

If your heart could speak, how would it answer the questions below.

• Are you sick and tired of being stressed out and time-pressed in your life?
• Are you struggling with death, loss, and grief?
• Are you stuck and unclear about what self-care is and how it can exist in your life?
• When you hear “self-care’, does it stress you out because it sounds like you are being selfish or self-indulgent?
• Does self-care make you think or feel like you don’t have enough time, energy, space or money to do anything about it?
• Are you struggling with establishing a self-care routine?
• Do you want to live mindfully?
• Do you want to feel more energized, inspired, informed, creative, and fulfilled in your life?

If you answered “YES OR HELL YEAH” to any of the questions above, you’re in the right place. You are exactly where you need to be! 

Are you ready to invest in your wellness journey?

Sign up for a monthly subscription membership ($24) and join the Thriving Mindfully Academy today!

Being a member will help you reclaim and practice your birthrights of mindfulness, self-love, self-care, and more. You’ll get access to 

• 2024 Spring Reset webinar (90 minute webinar) on April 16, April 30, or May 16
• 1 monthly 45-minute mindful self-care class starting in June 2024 (replay videos available)
• Community 20-Minute Meditations offered several times during the year to help you navigate stress, death, loss, and grief
• Virtual Play Dates offered several times during the year to help you connect with your creative spirit through journaling, poetry, collage, painting, and drawing
• Inspiring and informed content in the Mindful Self-Care Resource Library that will help you embrace your wellness journey right where you are, in ways that works best for you, and with the spirit of joy, play, fun, and creativity
• NEW mindfulness, self-care, and wellness (includes special focus on death, loss, and grief) articles, podcasts, and videos before anyone else
• Special announcements and discounts on courses, coaching packages, events, services, and products   

Learn what happened when people just like you worked with me and experienced my Thriving Mindfully approach to being present, well, and their REAL SELVES. 

DIWA, Kai Kai’s Organization Website: www.instagram.com/diwa.dmv 

Ayesha’s Website: www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org

Martin’s Website: https://parquillian.com

Cheryl’s Website: https://cheryl-poinsette-brown.mystrikingly.com

Juneous’ Website: www.bridgewarrior.com

Three last things …

• You get 1,440 minutes each day. How you use your 1,440 minutes is a CHOICE. May you CHOOSE TO NUTURE YOURSELF with my support and the Thriving Mindfully Academy’s group accountability in a sacred and safe community.

• Becoming a Thriving Mindfully Academy member is a personal growth investment and act of in-powerment. Click here to get started.

• Email me if you have questions: ananda@anandaleeke.com. 

See you in the Thriving Mindfully Academy!

Love, Peace, Ease, Grace, Joy, Gratitude, and Abundance,

Ananda